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Early in 2013, citing his concern for national issues, Roemer considered challenging [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]] in her bid for a fourth term in 2014.<ref name=advocate/> Instead the principal Republican challenger to Landrieu was [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]], then of Louisiana's 6th congressional district, who unseated the senator in a runoff election held on December 6, 2014.
Early in 2013, citing his concern for national issues, Roemer considered challenging [[U.S. Senator]] [[Mary Landrieu]] in her bid for a fourth term in 2014.<ref name=advocate/> Instead the principal Republican challenger to Landrieu was [[U.S. Representative]] [[Bill Cassidy]], then of Louisiana's 6th congressional district, who unseated the senator in a runoff election held on December 6, 2014.
Roemer did not seek reelection to the BESE board in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]," September 10, 2015</ref> Two Republicans, [[Kathy Edmonston]], with 64,184 votes (47 percent), and Jason Engen, who received 25,995 ballots (19 percent), met in a runoff election on November 21 to select Roemer's BESE successor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10242015/10242015_MultiParish.html|title=Results for Election Date: 10/24/2015|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 28, 2015}}</ref> Edmonston defeated Engen, 83,849 votes (56.5 percent) to 64,523 (43.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 2015.</ref>
Roemer did not seek reelection to the BESE board in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]]," September 10, 2015</ref> Two Republicans, [[Kathy Edmonston]], with 64,184 votes (47 percent), and Jason Engen, who received 25,995 ballots (19 percent), met in a runoff election on November 21 to select Roemer's BESE successor.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref> Edmonston defeated Engen, 83,849 votes (56.5 percent) to 64,523 (43.5 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 21, 2015.</ref>
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